单词 | well-won |
释义 | well-won, ppl. a. Gained by hard or honourable effort.
1596Shakes. Merch. V. i. iii. 51 (Qq.) My well-won [Ff. -worne] thrift Which he cals interest. 1786Burns To Auld Mare iv, Tho' it was sma', 'twas weel-won gear. 1791― To R. G. of F. 43 His well-won bays, than life itself more dear. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxix, I..will not lose weel⁓won gear with the like of him if it may be helped. 1842J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 59 A well-won penny is worth an ill-won pound. 1879R. Lowe in 19th Cent. June 992 The great and well-won reputation of Mr. Wallace as a scientific observer. |

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